Ali Sarabi
Iran University of Medical Scienes
[ 1 ] - Active Leadership Can Promote Leadership Effectiveness in Healthcare Organizations
Background and Objectives: The healthcare organization are often fail to realize their strategic goals due to the lack of effective leadership. To address this efficiency, factors can possibly influence the management performance should be identified. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style and explore the relationship between leadership style in hosp...
[ 2 ] - Burden of esophageal cancer in Iran during 1995-2015: Review of findings from the Global Burden of Disease studies
Background: Iran is located in Asian esophageal cancer belt, with age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) of approximately 7 per 100,000 for both men and women. To provide potential solution recommendations for achieving accurate estimations regarding the burden of the disease in Iran, we designed a study to assess the burden of esophageal cancer in Iran during 1995-2015 by collecting data from t...
[ 3 ] - Patient waiting time in hospital emergency departments of Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Waiting time in emergency department is a key indicator in measuring the quality of hospital services and has a significant impact on patient satisfaction The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the patients' waiting time in hospital emergency departments in Iran. Methods: Data were collected from databases of Web of Science, E...
[ 4 ] - Out-of-pocket and informal payments in Iran\'s health care system: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Out-of-pocket and informal payments are considered as 2 most important topics for equity in health care financing. Therfore, this study was conducted to systematically review and meta-analyze the status of these payments in Iran's health care system. Methods: Required data were collected through searching the following key terms: "Unofficial", "Informal ...
[ 5 ] - Social accounting matrix and the effects of economic reform on health price index and household expenditures: Evidence from Iran
Background: Socioeconomic indicators are the main factors that affect health outcome. Health price index (HPI) and households living costs (HLC) are affected by economic reform. This study aimed at examining the effect of subsidy targeting plan (STP) on HPI and HLC. Methods: The social accounting matrix was used to study the direct and indirect effects of STP. We chose 11 health r...
[ 6 ] - Cost-effectiveness of teriparatide compared with alendronate and risedronate for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis patients in Iran
Background: Hip, vertebral and wrist fractures are the most common consequences of osteoporosis. This study aimed at analyzing the cost-effectiveness of teriparatide (CinnoPar®), compared with alendronate and risedronate, in the treatment of women aged 60 and over with postmenopausal osteoporosis in Iran. Methods: A decision tree model with a 2-year time hor...
[ 7 ] - Cost-effectiveness of eplerenone in treatment of cardio-vasculardiseases: a systematic review
Introduction: In recent years, a few studies have been conducted in the area of the cost-effectiveness of the Eplerenone; it's notable that coherent and clear evidence are not available. Therefore, this study aimed to systematically review studies of cost-effectiveness of Eplerenone in the treatment of cardio-vascular patients. Methods: This systematic review study was conducted in 2016. The...
[ 8 ] - Does outsourcing paramedical departments of teaching hospitals affect educational status of the students?
Background: There is an increasing trend of outsourcing public departments. Teaching hospitals also outsourced some of their departments to private sectors. The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the educational status of students in public and outsourced departments of teaching hospitals affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This study ...
[ 9 ] - Economic evaluation of test-and-treat and empirical treatment strategies in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection; A Markov model in an Iranian adult population
Background: Helicobacter pylori may cause many gastrointestinal problems in developing countries such as Iran. We aimed to analyze the cost- effectiveness and cost- utility of the test-and-treat and empirical treatment strategies in managing Helicobacter pylori infection. Methods: This was a Markov based economic evaluation. Effect...
[ 10 ] - The productivity and its barriers in public hospitals: case study of Iran
Background: Due to the increasing health care costs, the issue of productivity in hospitals must be taken into great consideration in order to provide, preserve and promote public health services. Thus, increasing the level of productivity must become the main aim of any hospital. Objective of this study is to determine the total factor productivity and its components over the period under the ...
[ 11 ] - Measuring equity in household\'s health care payments (Tehran- Iran 2013): technical points for health policy decision makers
Background: Households’ financial protection against health payments and expenditures and equity in utilization of health care services are of the most important tasks of governments. This study aims to measuring equity in household’s health care payments according to fairness in financial contribution (FFC) and Kakwani indices in Tehran-Iran, 2013. Methods: This cross-sectional study was c...
[ 12 ] - Inequity in household\'s capacity to pay and health payments in Tehran-Iran-2013
Background: Health inequalitymonitoring especially in Health care financing field is very important. Hence, this study tends to assess the inequality in household's capacity to pay and out-of-pocket health carepaymentsin Tehran metropolis. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 2013.Thestudy population was selected by stratified cluster sampling, and they constitute the typical...
[ 13 ] - The relation characteristics of personality of managers working in Iran University of Medical Sciences with success and desirable job
Background: Several studies suggest the existence of an effective relationship between individuals’characteristics and important factors such as occupational and organizational performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and etc. This study was designed based on the dimensions of personality (introversion /extroversion) of managers of Iran University of Medical Sciences at three...
[ 14 ] - Quality measurement indicators for Iranian Health Centers
Background: Recently, quality is a serious concern in development of organizations. There are various indicators to assess quality and the purpose of this study was to identify the main indicators for quality measurement of Iranian health centers. Methods : This qualitative study was conducted in three stages: first, review of the literature was performed to identify different indicators fo...
[ 15 ] - Does leadership effectiveness correlates with leadership styles in healthcare executives of Iran University of Medical Sciences
Background: Effective leadership is essential to passing through obstacles facing the health field. The current health care system in Iran has major problems and gaps in the field of effective leadership. The aim of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style through self-assessment and to determine the correlation between leadership styles with healthcare executives’ leade...